Table 1.

Maspin expression and clinicopathological features of the early stage CRC cohort.

	Maspin in cytoplasm (n = 628)			Maspin in nucleus (n = 628)
	Low (n = 525)	High (n = 103)	p-value	Negative (n = 489)	Positive (n = 139)	p-value
Gender			0.1957			0.2115
Male	274	46		256	64
Female	251	57		233	75
Age			0.1265			0.5593
≤ 65	228	36		209	55
>65	297	67		280	84
Histology			1.0000			0.1598
Mucinous	42	8		124	15
Not mucinous	483	95		454	35
Tumor differentiation			0.1665			0.0001
G1/2	486	91		461	116
G3	39	12		28	23
Tumor location			0.0526			0.3382
Left	270	42		248	64
Right	255	61		241	75
Tumor stage			0.1810			0.2331
I	187	44		186	45
II	338	59		303	94
MMR status			0.0215			0.0020
MSS	413	70		390	93
MSI	112	33		99	46